(Can India make it six in a row against Zimbabwe, or can the supposed minnows cause another upset? Catch the live updates of the match here.)

Suresh Raina is the Man of the Match for his wonderful unbeaten 110 off 104 balls. It was a bit of a chancy innings, especially at the start, but once he got in there was no shaking him. MS Dhoni was his rock-steady self. Though Raina was the one walking away with the accolades, it was Dhoni who truly steadied the ship. His innings turned back the clock, and proved that all is well with India’s best finisher. In case you missed out on the action, you can read Nishad Pai Vaidya’s match report, live from Auckland, here: Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni help India end group stage of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 with six-wicket win over Zimbabwe

Live cricket score India: 288/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 48.4

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 110(104), MS Dhoni 85(76)

India need nine to win from two overs. Tinashe Panyangara to Suresh Raina. DOT. Played to the fielder. ONE. To long on. TWO. Great work at the boundary, the fielder saves two! SIX! AND INDIA WIN BY SIX WICKETS! MS Dhoni pulls this one way over square leg, and India should take a lot of pride in this win!

Live cricket score India: 279/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 48

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 109(102), MS Dhoni 77(74)

Tendai Chatara again. MS Dhoni on strike. WIDE. Down leg. ONE. Shorter ball, and played to cover. ONE. Played to fine leg. TWO. Short and cut through point. WIDE. Left alone by Dhoni. ONE. Played to point. DOT. Played to point. Last ball. ONE. Pulled away to square leg.

Live cricket score India: 271/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 47

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 107(99), MS Dhoni 73(71)

Tawanda Mupariwa again. ONE. MS Dhoni gets it away. ONE. Was that a drop at long off? Sikandar Raza made a great effort but wasn’t able to reach it. TWO. Big outside edge from Dhoni, but it falls safe. SIX! This was on the cards. Length ball on the middle stump, and this is the Dhoni we all know and love. Great effort in the deep, but it’s over the ropes. FOUR. Full toss, and Dhoni is merciless over square leg.

Live cricket score India: 256/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 46

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 106(98), MS Dhoni 59(66)

Tendai Chartara to MS Dhoni. ONE. Dhoni gets it away for an easy single. FOUR. Suresh Raina gets this down fine leg again. ONE. Down to long on. DOT. Dhoni tries to pull but misses. DOT. Edged, but it doesn’t carry. ONE. Played to point, a direct hit and Raina would have been on his way back!

Live cricket score India: 249/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 45

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 101(96), MS Dhoni 57(62)

Tawanda Mupariwa again. FOUR. Down fine leg. Suresh Raina is now on 99. ONE. And there it is! Superb ton from Suresh Raina! ONE. MS Dhoni gives Raina the strike back. WIDE. Down leg. DOT. Defends. ONE. Down to long on. ONE. Played back to the bowler, but he can’t stop it.

Panyangara continues. SIX! Raina dispatches the ball over the mid wicket boundary for a 78 metre six. ONE! Raina plays it to short third man. ONE! Dhoni takes a single to short fine leg, which brings up the 100-run stand between Dhoni and Raina. WIDE! Panyangara strays down the leg side and India get a bonus run. ONE! Raina hits the ball straight down the ground. TWO! Dhoni places the ball beautifully between long on and deep mid wicket. ONE towards deep square leg to end the over.

Live cricket score India: 184/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 39

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 62 (76), MS Dhoni 36(46)

Mupariwa again. Dhoni tries to play it between point and short third man, NO RUN! DOT! Dhoni plays it cautiously. DOT! Dhoni plays it to covers. DOT AGAIN! Dhoni once again plays it to covers. ONE! Dhoni pulls a short ball to deep square leg, Mire does well at the fence. ONE! Raina hits it to covers.

Live cricket score India: 182/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 38

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 61(74), MS Dhoni 35(41)

Tendai Chatara comes back now. ONE, BYES. Suresh Raina misses the pull, but Brendan Taylor can’t hold on. FOUR. Oh dear, the two fielders mess up at point and third man, and as a result the ball goes for four. ONE. Played to square leg. DOT. Played to third man. FOUR! Down to fine leg, it was pulled away. TWO. Played through midwicket.

India have taken the batting powerplay. Suresh Raina on strike. Tawanda Mupariwa the bowler. ONE. Played to square leg. DOT. Played to midwicket. DOT. MS Dhoni misses the flick. DOT. A bit too slow for Dhoni to get away. DOT. Raina raced away but Dhoni sent him back. He had to turn back very quickly. No harm done. FOUR! Dhoni finds the gap between point and third man.

Live cricket score India: 158/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 35

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 48(65), MS Dhoni 26(32)

Sikandar Raza to MS Dhoni. ONE. To midwicket. ONE. Another single. DOT. Played back to the bowler. Good fielding. WIDE. Spinning down leg. ONE. Though midwicket. TWO. Played through midwicket for a couple. Suresh Raina approaches his 50. ONE, DROPPED! Oh dear oh dear oh dear! Masakadza grasses a flier! Suresh Raina went for the slog sweep and got a massive top-edge. He gets a single.

Live cricket score India: 151/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 34

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 44(62), MS Dhoni 24(29)

Hamilton Masakdza comes on now. DOT. Played back to the bowler. ONE. That’s the 150 up for India. DOT. DOT. DOT. Good bowling here. WIDE. Too far outside off. DOT. Down to fine leg.

Sikandar Raza again. DOT. Played to the fielder. DOT. Played to midwicket. ONE. Thrashed away to deep midwicket, but right to the fielder. ONE. Drove to cover. DOT to mid on. DOT.

Live cricket score India: 127/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 30

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 38(51), MS Dhoni 7(16)

Sean Williams again. SIX! Suresh Raina finally gets it away! SIX! And another! This time over long on! Raina has had enough. He’s going into god mode (aka CSK mode)! DOT. Williams goes ’round the wicket, Raina winds up but decides to block it in the end. ONE. Plays over midwicket. ONE. MS Dhoni plays it to long off. ONE, to long on.

Live cricket score India: 112/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 29

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 24(46), MS Dhoni 6(15)

Sikandar Raza again. ONE. Suresh Raina goes for a slog but only manages to get it to the deep. ONE. Played to long off. ONE. TWO. That might have been four on any other day, but today it goes off Raina’s pads and is stopped in the deep. ONE. Played to long off.

Live cricket score India: 107/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 28

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 21(42), MS Dhoni 4(13)

Sean Williams continues. DOT. TWO. Played to third man. DOT. Can’t get it away. DOT. Raina went for the slog, and missed. The ball hit his body. DOT. Good sweep, but straight to square leg. DOT. Defended back. ONE. Played to square leg.

Live cricket score India: 104/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 27

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 18(36), MS Dhoni 4(13)

Sikandar Raza again. DOT. Suresh Raina plays it back to the bowler. DOT. Played to third man. DOT. Played to the bowler. ONE. Played to long on. DOT. Played to the fielder. DOT. Played to fine leg.

Live cricket score India: 103/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 26

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 17(32), MS Dhoni 4(11)

Sean Williams again. FOUR! Suresh Raina steps out and whacks it over midwicket for a boundary, and it’s 100 up for India! DOT. Defended. ONE. Played to long on. DOT. Left alone by MS Dhoni. DOT. Played to the fielder. DOT. Inside edge onto the pads. No run.

Live cricket score India: 98/4 (Target: 288) | Overs 25

BATSMEN: Suresh Raina 12(29), MS Dhoni 4(8)

Sikandar Raza continues. TWO. Played down long on. DOT. Can’t get it away. ONE. Sweeps to fine leg. DOT. Played to cover. DOT. Defended back to the bowler. ONE. Played to third man.

Sikandar Raza continues. Virat Kohli on strike. ONE. Pulled to backward square leg. DOT. Played to the fielder. ONE. Played to fine leg. OUT! MASSIVE WICKET! Cleaned him up! Kohli bowled ’round his legs! It hit his gloves and fell back onto the stumps. MS Dhoni comes in. DOT. Played back to the bowler. DOT. Played to midwicket.

Tawanda Mupariwa again to Suresh Raina. DOT. Played to mid on. DOT. Played to mid off. DOT. Played to cover. DOT. Played to cover. ONE. Gets it away through cover. DOT. Played to cover.

Live cricket score India: 83/3 (Target: 288) | Overs 20

BATSMEN: Virat Kohli 36(44), Suresh Raina 3(11)

Solomon Mire again. ONE. Suresh Raina gets it down square leg. DOT. Played to the fielder. FOUR. Outside off, and Kohli throws his arms at it through point. DOT. Tried to pull and missed. DOT. Played to midwicket.

Live cricket score India: 78/3 (Target: 288) | Overs 19

BATSMEN: Virat Kohli 32(39), Suresh Raina 2(10)

Tawanda Mupariwa again. Virat Kohli on strike. ONE. Played to long on. DOT. Left alone. DOT. Rapped on the pads, but pitched outside leg. DOT. Played to long off. ONE. Played through midwicket. TWO. Played to square leg.

Tawanda Mupariwa continues. ONE. ONE. Played down the ground. And that’s the 50-run stand between these two. DOT. Ajinkya Rahane plays it to point and takes off for a single, but it was never on. He has to turn and race back to get in, but Brendan Taylor breaks the stumps. The third man declares Rahane out! In walks Suresh Raina. ONE. Raina gets off the mark right away. DOT. Kohli defends. ONE. Cut away to point. Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane bring up 50-run stand against Zimbabwe in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

OUT! Ajinkya Rahane 19(24) run out

Live cricket score India: 69/2 (Target: 288) | Overs 16

BATSMEN: Virat Kohli 26(33), Ajinkya Rahane 18(22)

Solomon Mire to Virat Kohli. DOT. Kohli leaves it. DOT. Good ball, left alone outside off. TWO. Nicely played through cover, two more. ONE. The misfield at point allows a single. ONE. Lovely cover drive (through point), but Ajinkya Rahane will only get one. DOT. Played to point.

Solomon Mire is into the attack. Rahane cuts the very first ball to the point boundary for a FOUR! ONE! Sensible batting, Rahane plays it to mid on and scampers for a quick single. DOT! Kohli plays it to point. DOT! Beautofully driven by Kohli, Raza throws himself to stop a certain boundary. ONE! Kohli plays it in the gap on the off side. TWO! Rahane plays an uppish shot and collects a couple of runs to end the over.

Live cricket score India: 50/2 (Target: 288) | Overs 13

BATSMEN: Virat Kohli 15(20), Ajinkya Rahane 10(17)

Tawanda Mupariwa comes into the attack. ONE. Virat Kohli picks up a single off the first ball. ONE. Played to point. ONE. Inside edge played to third man. ONE. Quick single again. Good running between these two. DOT. Played to point. WIDE. Down leg. And 50 up for India. DOT. Played back to the bowler.

Live cricket score India: 45/2 (Target: 288) | Overs 12

BATSMEN: Virat Kohli 13(16), Ajinkya Rahane 8(15)

Tendai Chatara continues. ONE. Lovely shot from Virat Kohli. DOT. Defended. DOT. Played back to the bowler. DOT. Played to cover. DOT. Played back to the bowler. DOT. Played to point.

Tendai Chatara again. DOT. Shouldered arms outside off. DOT. And again, another leave. DOT. And again. Left alone outside off. WIDE. A bit too much outside off this time. DOT. Defended off the front foot. ONE. Lovely off drive, the fielder manages to cut it off and restrict it to just one. He saved three that time! DOT. Defended off the last ball.

Live cricket score India: 32/2 (Target: 288) | Overs 9

BATSMEN: Virat Kohli 10(9), Ajinkya Rahane 0(4)

Tinashe Panyangara again. Virat Kohli on strike. DOT. Played from the middle of the bat, but to the fielder at mid on. DOT. Shoulders arms outside off. DOT. Quick single, he raced away the moment he played it. DOT. Ajinkya Rahane just felt at that one. DOT. Defended off the front foot. DOT. Defended again.

Tendai Chatara again. Rohit Sharma on strike. DOT. Played to point. DOT. Misses the cut shot. DOT. Well played but can’t get it through. DOT. Again doesn’t get the gap. ONE. Played to midwicket, quick single. DOT. Played and misses.

Tendai Chatara bowling to Rohit Sharma. DOT. Good ball. ONE. Worked away off his pads to square leg. DOT. Dhawan looked to flick it away, but played with the leading edge. DOT. Played to cover. FOUR. And Dhawan gets off the mark with a boundary through square leg. DOT. Played to short cover.

Live cricket score India: 10/0 (Target: 288) | Overs 3

BATSMEN: Rohit Sharma 9(9), Shikhar Dhawan 0(9)

Tinashe Panyangara to Rohit Sharma. DOT. Left alone. DOT. Played to the on side. ONE. Played through cover. DOT. Good ball, it came back in to Shikhar Dhawan. DOT. Left alone outside off. DOT. Defended to the off side.

Live cricket score India: 9/0 (Target: 288) | Overs 2

BATSMEN: Rohit Sharma 8(6), Shikhar Dhawan 0(6)

Tendai Chatara from the other end. Shikhar Dhawan on strike. DOT. Lets it go outside off. DOT. Seaming away outside off. DOT. Beaten outside off. DOT. Dhawan gets this from the middle and set off for a run, but Rohit sent him back. DOT. Left alone outside off. DOT. Defended to mid off. A maiden from Chatara.

Live cricket score India: 9/0 (Target: 288) | Overs 1

BATSMEN: Rohit Sharma 8(6), Shikhar Dhawan 0(0)

So we are ready for India’s chase. Tinashe Panyangara to Rohit Sharma. DOT. Left alone outside off. DOT. Rohit defends and immediately sets off but Shikhar Dhawan doesn’t respond. He manages to get back in time. FOUR. Streaky! Rohit plays away from the body and gets an outside edge. Not too far away from slip. DOT. Defended off the back foot. WIDE. Way down leg. FOUR! Much better from Rohit! Punched off the back foot through point. DOT. Beaten outside off.

Umesh Yadav to bowl the penultimate over. Regis Chakabva on strike. OUT! Short ball, and he gets it on the top of the bat. Rohit Sharma at deep midwicket was in control but the ball dipped on him at the last moment. He took a good catch in the end. Tendai Chatara comes in. ONE. Played down to third man by Tawanda Mupariwa. DOT. That one went past Chatara’s outside edge! DOT. Played to third man but no run. OUT! And he’s knocked him over! Once again India bowl out the opposition, sixth time in a row! India have a steep chase ahead of them though. Regis Chakabva dismissed for 10 by Umesh Yadav against India in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Umesh Yadav comes back to finish things off. WIDE. A bit too far outside off. ONE. Good yorker, and the batsman just about gets it to fine leg by Regis Chakabva. Tinashe Panyangara on strike now. FOUR. Poor ball, on the pads, and Panyangara finds the fence at square leg. DOT. Defended on the off side. TWO. Nicely played over cover. DOT. Gone past the outside edge. DOT. Misses the cut outside off. Sikandar Raza dismissed for 28 by Mohammed Shami against India in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 276/7 | Overs 46

BATSMEN: Regis Chakabva 8(7)

Mohammed Shami comes back now. He has taken only one wicket so far, but knowing him he will prize out another couple at the death! ONE. Short ball, and pulled away for a single. DOT. Good bouncer. FOUR. Short ball again, and this time Sikandar Raza pulls it fiercely through square leg. SIX! What a shot! It almost seemed like Raza was overbalanced there, but he still manages to crash it over covers for a big six! SIX! And again, this time it was again short, and this one pulled away over square leg. OUT, BOWLED HIM! Great yorker from Shami, and Raza had exposed all his stumps. He is out after having played a lovely little cameo though.

Mohit Sharma again. OUT! Slower ball, and he foxes Craig Ervine completely. Great bowling at the death from Mohit! He gets another wicket, both set batsmen are now out. Regis Chakabva comes in. ONE. Chakabva starts off with a single. SIX! Slower ball again, and Sikandar Raza plays a great shot! Pulled away with his weight on the back foot, that was flat as a chapati! TWO. Another slower ball, and he gets it for a couple. ONE. It was a full toss on his pads, but he can’t get it past fine leg. ONE. Chakabva flicks that well, it nearly carried to fine leg!

Mohit Sharma continues. DOT. Can’t go past third man. ONE. Played to fine leg. Direct hit, but Taylor seems to be in. He’s well in. Right, so, Brendan Taylor on strike! ONE. Good ball, cramps him for room. ONE. Misfield at mid on allows the quick single. OUT! Slower ball, and Taylor gets done in for pace. He ends up getting the ball low on the bat and Shikhar Dhawan takes an easy catch. Virat Kohli goes up and shakes his hand. Good gesture from Kohli. FOUR. Good shot from Ervine to end the over.

OUT! Brendan Taylor 138(110) c Shikhar Dhawan b Mohit Sharma

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 232/4 | Overs 41

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 137(108), Craig Ervine 20(35)

Ravindra Jadeja comes back now. ONE. Craig Ervine plays it to square leg for a single. FOUR. Slogged away through midwicket, it was a pick-up sweep by Brendan Taylor. FOUR! And he follows up with another one over long on! SIX! Sensational batting from Taylor! Goes big over long off this time! FOUR. This has been brutal batting from Taylor! Down on one knee and swept over square leg. SIX! This time lover long on again! That’s 25 off the over.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 207/4 | Overs 40

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 113(103), Craig Ervine 19(34)

Mohit Sharma comes back. DOT. Tries to get it to third man, but can’t get it away. ONE. Direct hit, but great running from Taylor, he is in no trouble at all. ONE. Played to cover. DOT. Full toss, but hit straight to the fielder. ONE. Played to midwicket. FOUR. Oh dear, poor work from the man at point, he concedes four when there ought not to have been even one. Brendan Taylor scores 8th ODI century against India in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 200/4 | Overs 39

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 108(101), Craig Ervine 17(30)

Mohammed Shami again. TWO. Brendan Taylor goes for the lofted drive, he gets the toe end of the bat but it’s in the gap. DOT. Left alone outside off. SIX! Short ball, and Taylor brings up his ton with the ramp he was aiming for all this while. He has become Zimbabwe’s leading ton-maker in ODIs! And in his last international match too. ONE. Played to point. WIDE. Down leg. ONE. Great shot, but it was hit straight to the fielder at square leg. SIX! Outstanding batting! Lofted drive over long off, and Taylor is in rare form! That’s 200 up as well.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 183/4 | Overs 38

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 93(96), Craig Ervine 16(29)

Ravichandran Ashwin again. Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja have a light moment on the field. DOT. TWO. Nicely swept by Taylor to a very square square leg. FOUR. Down the ground over mid on. WIDE. Down leg, but Taylor nearly overbalanced. Good bowling. DOT. Missed the reverse sweep. FOUR. Lovely shot again! Taylor finds the gap on the off side and gets another boundary through cover. ONE. Played to square leg. Brendan Taylor and Craig Ervine bring up 50-run stand against India in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 171/4 | Overs 37

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 82(90), Craig Ervine 16(29)

Umesh Yadav continues from the other end. ONE. Plays through the on side. DOT. Slower ball, and Craig Ervine gets it away. DOT. Ervine goes for a pull, but misses. That seemed to be wide, but no call from the umpire. WIDE. Way down leg. DOT. Defended back to the bowler. SIX! What a hit! Craig Ervine smashes this one over midwicket! DOT. Can’t get it away.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 163/4 | Overs 36

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 81(89), Craig Ervine 10(24)

Mohammed Shami comes back into the attack. DOT. Starts off with a good ball. ONE. Played to long off. Bit of a misfield allows one. ONE. Played to square leg. ONE. Easy single again. DOT. Defended back to the front foot. TWO. Played on the leg side for a couple to end the over.

Mohit Sharma again. DOT. Short ball, Brendan Taylor again goes for the ramp and misses. FOUR. Thick outside edge, but there was no one at slip so Taylor will get another boundary to third man! DOT. Slower ball and left alone outside off. ONE. Played to short point. DOT. Short ball, and Ervine misses the pull. DOT. Beaten outside off.

Mohit Sharma brought back into the attack. DOT. Played to point by Craig Ervine. DOT. Beaten outside off. ONE. Driven to cover. ONE. Worked away for a single. DOT. Beaten outside off again, drops just short of MS Dhoni. ONE. Played to cover again.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 131/4 | Overs 31

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 56(73), Craig Ervine 3(10)

Ravichandran Ashwin again. DOT. Played to point. ONE. Inside edge off the front foot for a single to fine leg. DOT. Defended back to the bowler. ONE. Played to long off. DOT. Nicely bowled again, Ervine defends. ONE. Played to long off.

DOT off the first delivery. ONE! Taylor plays it down to long off. OUT! Ashwin goes around the wicket and hits it straight back to him. Williams not convinced if Ashwin took the catch cleanly. The umpires consult wit the third umpire and the replays suggest that the ball did carry to Ashwin. Third umpire gives it out, with a superb innings from Williams coming to an end. Craig Ervine comes in at No. 6 now. DOT. Defended. DOT. And another defence.

OUT! Sean Williams c & b Ravichandran Ashwin 50 (57)

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 125/3 | Overs 28

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 53(66), Sean Williams 50(56)

And now Umesh Yadav comes into the attack. ONE. Played to square leg. ONE! Quick sinle down to mid on, Brendan Taylor gets his 33rd ODI half-century. ONE! Williams drives towards point, a misfield fetches him a single and Williams gets his fifty now. Excellent innings from him. TWO! Taylor plays it well to thge right of third man, collects a couple of runs. ONE down to third man. Beaten by pace! Ends of the over. READ: Brendan Taylor scores 33rd ODI half-century against India in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 119/3 | Overs 27

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 49(63), Sean Williams 48(53)

Ravi Jadeja now. DOT. Rapped on the pads, appealed, but there was nothing. DOT. Defended again. DOT. Plays it to short cover. DOT. Steps out and hits it down the ground, but Jadeja stops it. ONE. Played to cover. ONE. Hit well to square leg.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 117/3 | Overs 26

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 48(58), Sean Williams 47(52)

Ravi Ashwin again. SIX! Once again, Sean Williams starts an over with a six. Steps out and goes over midwicket on one leg. DOT. Played to point. SIX! An action replay of the first ball of the over. Ashwin being taken to the cleaners here by Zimbabwe! Ashwin switches to over the wicket. DOT. Defended on the off side. FOUR. Williams steps out and finds the gap on the off side through cover this time! DOT. Played to fine leg.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 101/3 | Overs 25

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 48(58), Sean Williams 31(46)

Ravi Jadeja again. ONE. Sean Williams cuts it to point. DOT. Defended on the front foot. DOT. Played to point. DOT. Played to midwicket. ONE. Played to long off. That brings the 100 up for Zimbabwe. ONE. Played to square leg.

Ravi Jadeja again. ONE. Played to long on to bring up the 50-run stand. ONE. Worked away to square leg. FOUR. This time Sean Williams brings out the reverse sweep! Through point. DOT. Played back to Jadeja. DOT. Played to cover. ONE. Played down to long on.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 82/3 | Overs 22

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 45(52), Sean Williams 15(34)

Ravichandran Ashwin comes back after he had bowled an over earlier. FOUR. Another reverse sweep from Brendan Taylor, and a boundary to third man! ONE. Played away nicely. ONE. Worked away to square leg. DOT. Goes for a paddle sweep, misses. DOT. Played to midwicket. FOUR. And another reverse sweep, this one through point!

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 72/3 | Overs 21

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 36(47), Sean Williams 14(33)

Ravindra Jadeja again. TWO. Sean Williams gives himself room and cuts it away to point. ONE. Driven to long off. DOT. Played to cover. FOUR. Reverse sweep from Brendan Taylor to third man. DOT. Played to point. ONE. Single to end the over.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 64/3 | Overs 20

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 31(43), Sean Williams 11(31)

Mohit Sharma again. DOT. Played on the off side. ONE. Worked away to square leg. TWO. Played down to third man. DOT. Defended. DOT. Played to point. DOT. Played to square leg.

Mohit Sharma again. ONE. Brendan Taylor starts off with a single. ONE. Played to square leg by Sean Williams. ONE. Played to square leg. DOT. Defended. DOT. Played back to the bowler. DOT. Played to point, great fielding by Ravi Jadeja.

Mohit Sharma again. DOT. He plays it to long on. ONE. Looks to drive on the off side, but gets an inside edge to midwicket instead. DOT. Played to point. DOT. Played to short cover. DOT. Played to long off. Last ball of the over now. WIDE. Short ball, and it bounces over his head. ONE. Worked away to midwicket.

And Mohit Sharma changes ends. DOT. Sean Williams gets the outside edge, but it goes to Suresh Raina off the ground. Good fielding. DOT. Played to cover. DOT. Defended nicely, offered the full face of the bat. DOT. Defended with the full face of the bat. Oh dear, Mohit Sharma seems to have hurt himself. He stumbled on his follow-through. He seems to have twisted his ankle. He’s okay to continue. DOT. Edged, but put down by MS Dhoni! It was a tough chance though, inside edge, and Dhoni was going toward the wrong side. DOT. Played to cover.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 42/3 | Overs 13

BATSMEN: Brendan Taylor 19(27), Sean Williams 2(5)

Ravindra Jadeja replaces Mohit Sharma after just one over. DOT. Brendan Taylor plays it to point and wants one but is sent back. FOUR! Swept well by Taylor to square leg. DOT. Played on the on side. ONE. Played to cover. DOT. Sean Williams goes for a cut and misses. ONE. Played off his pads to end the over.

Mohit Sharma comes into the attack now. DOT. Played to point. DOT. Swing again, and Solomon Mire plays and misses. FOUR. Mire throws his hands at it and gets four to point. TWO. Too short and wide, Mire cuts it away again. Ravindra Jadeja sprints after it and saves two. DOT. Played to cover. OUT! Solomon Mire swipes at one outside off, and MS Dhoni casually throws the ball in the air. Mohit Sharma didn’t celebrate either.

OUT! Solomon Mire 9(22) c MS Dhoni b Mohit Sharma

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 27/2 | Overs 10

BATSMEN: Solomon Mire 3(16), Brendan Taylor 12(20)

Umesh Yadav continues again. TWO. Played down the ground well, but Umesh Yadav manages to stop the ball a bit with his foot. DOT. Left alone outside off. FOUR! Great shot! Brendan Taylor drives over cover, doesn’t bother to keep it down. DOT. Short again, Taylor ducks but looks to ramp it to third man. He misses. DOT. Defended, but the ball hurried on to him. TWO. Played down to third man, great fielding at the boundary saves two. Zimbabwe hope to build good partnership against India in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 19/2 | Overs 9

BATSMEN: Solomon Mire 3(16), Brendan Taylor 4(14)

Mohammed Shami again. WIDE. Too far outside off. DOT. Played to point. DOT. Solomon Mire gets an inside edge and has no idea at all where the ball went! He’s lucky it didn’t spin onto the stumps. DOT. Defended on the front foot. DOT. Struck on the pads, and Umesh appeals, but turned down by the umpire. DOT. Outside off, bit of swing, and the batsman misses the waft. DOT. Played to square leg, but can’t get a run.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 18/2 | Overs 8

BATSMEN: Solomon Mire 3(10), Brendan Taylor 4(14)

Umesh Yadav continues. ONE. Solomon Mire scores the first run in a long, long time! TWO. Umesh strays onto Brendan Taylor’s pads, and he flicks it to square leg. DOT. Defended on the front foot. DOT. Defended back to the bowler. TWO. Lovely shot, Taylor offered the full face of the bat and got it through the gap at cover. DOT. Defended off the last ball.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 13/2 | Overs 7

BATSMEN: Solomon Mire 2(9), Brendan Taylor 0(9)

Here’s Mohammed Shami again. DOT. Zimbabwe haven’t scored a run for a while! DOT. Defended again by Brendan Taylor. DOT. Short ball, Taylor tried to go for a ramp shot, but missed. DOT. Bit wide outside off, Taylor slashed at it, but missed. MS Dhoni and the slips appealed, but there was nothing there. DOT. Defended on the front foot. The last 23 balls have yielded two runs and two wickets! DOT. Third maiden on the trot! Chamu Chibhaha dismissed for seven by Mohammed Shami against India in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Mohammed Shami again. DOT. Chamu Chibabha defends it on the on side. DOT. Short ball, and the batsman ducks. OUT! And another one gone, bit of extra pace, extra swing, and Chamu Chibabha plays away from his body. Excellent catch at second slip by Shikhar Dhawan, and Shami has his man! In comes the skipper playing his final game for Zimbabwe, Brendan Taylor. DOT. Flashed and missed! DOT. Left alone outside off. DOT. Defended. Wicket maiden from Shami!

OUT! Chamu Chibhabha 7(16) c Shikhar Dhawan b Mohammed Shami

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 13/1 | Overs 4

BATSMEN: Chamu Chibhabha 7(13), Solomon Mire 2(3)

Umesh Yadav steams in. DOT. Played back to the bowler, Umesh Yadav jumps to field it. DOT. Bit of shape from Umesh again, and Hamilton Masakdza plays it back to him with a straight bat. OUT! First blood for India, Umesh encourages the drive, and he finds the outside edge from Masakadza through to MS Dhoni! In walks Solomon Mire. TWO. A bit too straight, and it’s picked off his pads to square leg. DOT. Left alone outside off. DOT. Outside edge to slip, but all along the ground.

OUT! Hamilton Masakadza 2(8) c MS Dhoni b Hamilton Masakadza

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 11/0 | Overs 3

BATSMEN: Chamu Chibhabha 7(13), Hamilton Masakadza 2(5)

Mohammed Shami continues again. ONE. Hamilton Masakadza pickes it off his pads. FOUR. Unlucky for Shami, Chamu Chibabha went for the cut and got an inside edge. Could have dragged it on, but survived and got four. DOT. Huge appeal for LBW, but it would have gone down leg. DOT. Played to point. DOT. Beaten for pace again, that struck him on the pads, but no harm done. DOT. Played and missed.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 6/0 | Overs 2

BATSMEN: Chamu Chibhabha 3(8), Hamilton Masakadza 1(4)

Umesh Yadav starts off from the other end. DOT. Good ball to Hamilton Masakadza, he defends on the front foot. DOT. Short, cut away, but great fielding by the man at point. Rohit Sharma I think it was. ONE. On the pads, and flicked to fine leg. DOT. That struck Chamu Chibabha on the pads, bit of an appeal, but it was nothing at all. DOT. Well bowled, and a good leave outside off. TWO. Worked away to square leg, poor throw allows an extra run.

Live cricket score Zimbabwe: 3/0 | Overs 1

BATSMEN: Chamu Chibhabha 1(5), Hamilton Masakadza 0(1)

Mohammed Shami has the new ball for India. He will bowl to Chamu Chibabha. DOT. Played to the on side, thought of a single but decided against it. DOT. Bit of swing, Chibabha slashed at it and missed. ONE. He gets it down to third man. Hamilton Masakadza on strike now. ONE, LEG BYE. Bit of bounce, and it got big on Masakadza, down to fine leg but not off the bat. DOT. That one bounced a bit as well, hits Chibabha on the pads. WIDE. Swinging outisde off. DOT. Beats the bat off the last ball, again swing on offer.

TOSS: India win the toss, field first. MS Dhoni has gone in with the same side, so no place for Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, or Ravindra Jadeja. Brendan Taylor, playing possibly his last game for Zimbabwe, says Zimbabwe have the same side as well.

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of Match 39 of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 between India and Zimbabwe at Auckland. I am Shiamak Unwalla, and I will bring you over-by-over updates of this match. The match will be played at the scenic Eden Park in Auckland, and will be the last league game for either side. India make their way back to Australia for their quarter-final, while Zimbabwe would return home after a campaign that saw them play admirably and come close on a few occasions. READ: ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: India vs Zimbabwe, Statistical Preview

However, Zimbabwe face a stern test as India have been the in-form team of the tournament, and the only team other than New Zealand not to have lost a game. In Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, and Mohit Sharma India have a potent new-ball attack. Ravichandran Ashwin has come into his own with his off-spin, and has looked one of the best spinners of the tournament. India have the stable line-up and aren’t expected to make changes. Ravindra Jadeja may be in focus as he is yet to deliver a big performance. This could be his chance of getting back into the groove. READ: Last chance for India to experiment with Akshar Patel, Stuart Binny

India are easily the favourites for this game and Zimbabwe have nothing to play for but pride. Zimbabwe have only beaten India once in a World Cup match, which was back in 1999, when Henry Olonga inspired them to a close victory. They would have to play great cricket to emulate that win against a strong Indian side. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: POINTS TABLE